Performing under various names (The Pugs, The Nuclear Power Band, Four Hot Dogs and A Burrito), the band finally settled on TYOT and began writing epic 10 minute songs as well as unabashedly stolen songs all promptly named after the band for which the name was stolen (see The Cars Song and The Feelies Song). With their cape and 50 gallon foam cowboy hat-wearing spiritual leader Yetsko at the helm, the gang blasted out the songs full blast. Yetsko would summon tenacious solos from his strat. Max the bass player was the core of the band as well as the best dressed member. Guitarist gone bass-player dropped funk bombs that would have left lesser towns in disarray. Dixon was the gentle giant of the group, munching out power chords and providing delicate back up vocals. Jeff was the hard-living, hard- drumming van-driving madman who destroyed 13 cowbells, 7 floor toms, 4 cymbals, and one drum throne in the short lifetime of the band. And rounding out the band was Jesus (no relation), the near naked frontman that the ladies would melt for. His passion, intensity, and operatic vocalizations were unmatched regionally. He would shake and vibrate and whip and thrash and pulsate on the dance floor until a ten foot circle of speechless admirers would surround him. Ocassionally Dixon would join Jesus and the couple would perform the entire dance from Dirty Dancing including the magnificent swan jump into the arms. They also invented the "Man-tar" where the oversized Dixon would pick up the petite 'Zeus and play his body like a guitar while Jesus made wanking noises into the mic. Most extreme.
The band was neither humble nor peacful. "The Biggest Band in Denver" would often offer other bands a back alley brawl to fight them for their prime spots on Denver's priemere theatres. Devotchka, Dressy Bessy, and Munly all received written invitations via certified mail. None answered. And while the aforementioned bands went on to significantly greater prominence, TYOT remains the meanest band Colfax Boulevard had ever seen.
Posted on this website is only know recording made by the fellows. It is missing some key songs, such as Sexnaut (the song blantantly ripped off from Black Sabbath), Reverse Dead Sailors, Country Song (a country song), Charlie Parker (with the Max-penned pop gem with the lyric "Me and Charlie Parker, One is lighter, One is darker"), A Quick One (the Who cover and perennial live favorite), Don't Go Home with Your Hard-On (the only funky Leonard Cohen song that the boys managed to defunkify completely), and Difribulator (the tragic rock opera of a boy gone to see his love, dying, and being brought back by an AED). But there are some classic moments still there.
So ask yourself...
Are You Ready for Spaghetti???
All Fuckin' Night???
You better be.
Here is the original music for defribulator, complete with misspellings!